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Style: American Realist
Down Easter
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Awards
2013 Loring W. Coleman Award for Watercolor/ Allied Artists of America, 100th Annual Exhibition at the National Arts Club
2011 Mary Bryan Memorial Medal / Allied Arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
Gloucester P-Town Pyle School Painting Henry J Peck - Portugese Fisherman
Located in Exton, PA
New England coastal scene painting by Henry Jarvis Peck. The artist attended the Rhode Island School of Design, studied with George Loftus Noyes, and moved to Wilmington Delaware in ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of John Brown
Nat Turner, American Realist Oil Painting by Lee Jaffe
By Lee Jaffe
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lee Jaffe, American (1950 - ) - Portrait of John Brown and Nat Turner, Year: 1983, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 125 in. x 170 in. (317.5 cm x 431.8 cm)
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neighbors Snowy branches, bird nests, gnome-like forms casein tempera painting
By Alan Bray
Located in New York, NY
Alan Bray’s Neighbors is a masterful casein tempera painting capturing the quiet beauty of winter. Delicate, snow-covered branches contrast against a crisp blue sky, while two bird n...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein, Panel
"Organ Grinder"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right
Frank Leyendecker (1877/78 - 1924)
An American illustrator. He worked with his brother Joseph Christian Leyendecker, in their studio, first in Chicago,[1] then ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Oil Painting Portrait Young Woman Necklace Period Frame Rare
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful and rare antique American portrait of a young woman in a stunning period frame, likely original to the piece.
Unsigned but beaut...
Category
1890s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Standing Figure - Mid-Century American Portrait Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
Mid-century city life is captured in this Clyde Singer portrait, Standing Figure, where he depicts a woman posing in 1954. An accomplished American Scene painter, Singer successful...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Scale 1920s Portrait of Florence Foster Jenkins, Amateur Soprano Singer
Located in Soquel, CA
A fine, large-scale portrait of a Philadelphia lady, fabled soprano singer Florence Foster Jenkins, by Richard Langtry Partington (American, 19...
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of Clara, Signed Oil Painting, 1932, Framed 32 x 25
Located in Marco Island, FL
Portrait of Clara by Clyde Singer
Clyde Singer captures his sister, Clara, in this painting done in September of 1932. The relaxed nature and closeness of their relationship is ev...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Winter Deer, " American Realist, Landscape with Figure and Animals, MFA, Tate
By George Henry Boughton
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Though he was born in Norwich, England in 1833 and lived in London for the second half of his life, George Henry Boughton’s formative years as a self-taught artist began in Albany, New York, where his family settled in the 1830’s. Recognized as a leading landscape and genre painter in the United States and abroad, Boughton illustrated editions of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Minna Citron, Lambs
Creel
By Minna Citron
Located in New York, NY
This serene subject, the Lambs' Creel relates to Minna Citron's mural project focusing on the Tennessee Valley Authority. It was such a new ...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Figurative Portrait of a Boy with Toy Car
Located in Soquel, CA
Realistic mid century portrait of a boy playing with an antique toy car by Ralph Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Signed "R. Joosten" in the lower left ...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ready the Horses, American Western Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Ready the Horses, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm), Description: An oil painting of Co...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Americana Oil Painting, "Paper Box" Robert Sarsony, ACA Gallery
By Robert Sarsony
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Sarsony
Oil on gesso and masonite board.
Hand signed lower left.
Labels verso give artist, title "Paper Box", year 1971 and medium.
Bears label from ACA Gallery...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Board
The Sentry
s Vigil, Framed Oil Painting by Stanley Borack
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stanley Borack, American (1927 - )
Title: The Sentry's Vigil
Year: 1977
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 22 x 27 inches
Frame: 33 x 37 inches
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nemesis
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams often references historical painting themes and styles in order to throw into relief western tropes in figurative art. Here as part of the artist's series Myths and Lies,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$13,000
Native American Portrait, American Western Art Oil Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Native American Portrait, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: An unfinished...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Shaped Ceramic Duo, Contemporary Pottery on Pink Background, Paper, 2024
Located in Barcelona, ES
This modern still life diptych by Gio Bellagio is inspired by ancient Greek ceramic vessels. The pots are adorned with minimalist patterns reminiscent of Greek geometry, emphasising...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
American School, Collecting Firewood, 19th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
American School, Collecting Firewood, Oil on Canvas, 19th century, unsigned, giltwood frame.
Image: 9" H x 12" W; frame: 17.25" H x 20" W.
Category
19th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"La Cage Aux Fowls" - Surreal Figurative Abstract
By G. Lester
Located in Soquel, CA
"La Cage Aux Fowls" A tongue in cheek swipe at the artist and his muse, the nude and of course the chicken. An oil on canvas circa 1980, signed G. Lester of Ardsley, New York (Americ...
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
By Paul Rabut
Located in Miami, FL
Film noir crime drama painted in a single frame. In narrative art, telling a story in a single image is harder than doing it in episodes. "'That police officer...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Subway no. 1 - Beijing
Located in Burlingame, CA
BING ZHANG's Subway no. 1, 36 x 48 inches, oil on canvas. Proudly presented by Andra Norris Gallery in California.
Bing Zhang’s Subway painting series explores themes of class, labo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
George Washington Patriotic Marine Procession New York Presidential Inauguration
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
"The Great Man Comes to Take His Oath" Life Magazine Spread, July 4th, 1960, This epic narrative depicts the celebration of George Washington's inauguration, en route to Federal Hall...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$92,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Alfa Romeo Auto Show, Pop Art Acrylic Painting on Board by Dennis Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Simon’s automotive illustrations have been featured in Road & Track, Sports Car International, Automobile, Thoroughbred and Classic Cars, Classic and Sportscar, and Vintage Motorsport magazines. Favorite projects document automotive racing history, and he has designed over 60 original automotive racing posters for such clients as UNOCAL, Michelin, BF Goodrich, SVRA’s Bahama Vintage Grand Prix, and a series of Monterey Auction posters. Simon designed and illustrated the cover of the Indianapolis 500...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board
"Sag Harbor Pier" American Realist landscape of boats and a sunset in small town
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Sag Harbor Pier" is an American Realist oil painting; a seascape of docked boats and a sunset in small town Sag Harbor, Long Island.
Signed "C.Bretzke" lower right corner.
Frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Film Still #2 (portrait, western movie, cowboy, Hat, shadow, monochrome art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A crooked smile creeps from the shadow of a cowboy hat, casting unease beneath the bright desert sky. In Film Still #2, Kosow captures the sinister edge of Americana with cinematic p...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
The Letter-American Scene Painting. Ladies Gossiping. Best Friends.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer captures the moment when two friends open a letter with shocking news. A master of capturing the small and significant moments of everyday life, Singer realistically po...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Private Island, Mid Day Swim
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the va...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fallow, Rustic Farmhouse Landscape Painting in Maine, Autumn Fields, Elm Tree
By Alan Bray
Located in New York, NY
As the artist states about this painting: "I first photographed this farm because it had one of the last living Elm trees in our area. Most began dying in the 70's and there are very...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein, Panel
Wind Up, Surreal Landscape with Twisting Fence and Green Grassy Field
Located in New York, NY
This small surreal landscape painting by Laura Von Rosk features a dreamlike fenced meadow rendered in soft green tones, with rolling hills fading into a misty distance. Titled Wind ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The 11 Gauge Shotgun - Saturday Evening Post illustration
By Amos Sewell
Located in Miami, FL
Saturday Evening Post interior illustration
Signed lower right
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Onion IV" Original Oil Painting, Still-Life Kitchen Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Onion IV" is a masterfully created realistic oil still-life.
This painting measures at 8 x 10 inches, and is framed at 9.50 x 11.50 inches ready to...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Spring
Located in New York, NY
Karl Hartman’s Spring (2024) is a finely rendered celebration of the seasonal shift from winter to new growth. Painted in oil on a 12 x 12 inch aluminum panel, the composition is a c...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,900
Forging a Crankshaft
Located in Marco Island, FL
This dynamic image of two men forging a crankshaft was done for the GM Waldorf Exhibition sometime between 1949 to 1961. The General Motors exhibition at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unwinding, Surreal Green Pastoral Contemporary American Realist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
"Wind-up" is a surreal oil painting on wood that invites viewers into a quiet, dreamlike landscape. Painted in rich greens with soft gradients of light, the work features a rhythmic ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
“Unzipping” hyperrealist oil painting, teeth of zipper, minimalistic, framed
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of what appears to be a closed zipper - it's metal teeth interlocking from the top of the panel, to the bottom, bisecting the white background.
Signed "Mastromatteo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
American Scene Depression Era New York City Post Office
Located in Miami, FL
This is a painting about a man who travels back into the past and engages with a different stage in his life.
Arnold Friedman worked at the New York City Post Office for four decades...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
London Round House-Mid-Century Industrial American Scene Oil Painting
By Jack Steele
Located in Marco Island, FL
A mid-century American Realist scene of children playing on the railroad entitled, London Round House. The chaotic scene of children rambunctiously playing is suspected to be set in...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait in Mirror
By Kate Sammons
Located in Denver, CO
Artist self portrait in mirror
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Dim Sum Feast in the San Francisco Bay Area
Located in San Francisco, CA
Created in the mid 1970s by California artist Raymond Howell (1927–2002), “Chinese Dim Sum Feast,” depicts diners being served in a Chinese restaurant, ...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Original Oil Painting Pickup Crossing Gregory Sumida California Artist Americana
Located in Surfside, FL
Gregory Sumida (American, b.1948)
'Pick-Up Crossing'
Oil paint on masonite board.
Hand signed lower right
1976
Depicting a rural landscape and buildings, in a linen-lined pickled w...
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Hialeah Park Race Track, Florida" Beatrix Sherman, American, Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Beatrix Sherman
Hialeah Park Race Track, Florida, 1947
Signed lower right
Oil on canvasboard
16 x 20 inches
Beatrix Sherman (1894-1975), who changed her first name from Beatrice by...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Film Still #3 (portrait, western movie, cowboy, Hat, shadow, monochrome art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Rudolf Kosow’s Film Still #3 continues his haunting exploration of the Western genre through a contemporary surrealist lens. A close-up of a stoic, rugged cowboy figure—likely inspired by Clint Eastwood—dominates the square composition. The figure’s face is heavily shadowed by a broad-brimmed hat, his lips...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Flora and Pomona
Located in Columbia, MO
ASHLEE SELBURG
Flora and Pomona
Ink and pencil on paper
42 x 68 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
The Flashlight by Eldridge Cleaver Black Panther - Playboy Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Nocturne illustration of 1960s Black America, depicting a short story by Eldridge Cleaver. Illustrator Marvin Hayes uses a radically graphic compositional devise by inserting the sto...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
"Light Pattern Dance", Encaustic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Light Pattern Dance" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a busy city sidewalk where passerby walk along the city avenue lined with towering buildings of a bustling neon metropolis.
Artist Statement:
"Subject matter to me is a vehicle for me to explore how I observe life. My urban influences are an assembly of varied fabrics stitched together to form a tapestry. It is not to resemble a literal story of what it is; moreover, it is a quilt that explains my visual expression. What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountains, hills, and streams. City nights are lit up like lightning bugs...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Encaustic
Electric Dreams - Lightbulb Bright Playful Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. With a high level of technical virtuosity Keifer creates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
“The Creative Mind” hyperrealist oil painting of ants crawling, small, framed
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A small oil painting by Anthony Mastromatteo. Three carpenter ants are painted realistically, in such a way it appears there are real insects crawling on the painting. The humorous a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bellmen
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed upper right
Unframed Dimensions: 16 x 20 inches
Framed Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 27 inches
Paul G. Oxborough studied at Minneapolis College of Art and Design and Atelier Lesueur,...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Building the Westside Highway" Frida Gugler, 1930s New York City Urban Scene
Located in New York, NY
Frida Gugler
Building the Westside Highway (Near the George Washington Bridge), circa 1935-37
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
20 x 28 inches
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the pain...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Rain
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of daffodils in a silver vessell. Situated upon a table, before a window.
Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also rec...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boy with Fish, Photorealist Oil Painting on Board by Thomas Kerry
Located in Long Island City, NY
Boy with Fish
Thomas Kerry, British/American
Date: circa 1970
Oil on Board, signed and dedicated verso
Size: 24 x 20 inches
Frame Size: 29 x 25 inches
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
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Page Ogden and The Kitchen
Located in Long Island City, NY
This oil painting is a portrait of artist Page Ogden capturing a moment in time when she was sitting at a table reading a book by American artist John Hardy.
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Balcony” oil painting, realist, figurative, romance, cityscape at night, framed
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Balcony" is an oil painting from 2006, by Steven J. Levin. A man and a woman stand on a balcony in a city at night. The man faces the viewer, looks directly at the woman before him....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rabbi with Torah, Oil Painting by Sandu Liberman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandu Liberman, Romanian/Israeli (1923 - 1977)
Title: Rabbi with Torah Scroll
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dedicated verso
S...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Angels in the Architecture" (2025) Oil Still-Life Painting on Canvas
Located in Denver, CO
Julie Beck's "Angels in the Architecture" is an oil painting on canvas that measures 17 x 14 inches framed and is ready to hang.
Artist Biography:
Julie Beck was born and raised in ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Relapse" - contemporary oil painting on found object, humorous swan smoking cig
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Ackrill paints directly onto found objects, seamlessly blending painting and sculpture. In "Relapse" Ackrill depicts a swan in water, humorously smoking a cigarette. Green li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Oil
Black Pug Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Black Pug Sitting" c.1940, is an oil painting on board by Cincinnati artist Laura E.Cassidy, 1886-1962. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The board ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Summer Pier Fishing" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Summer Pier Fishing" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid-20th Century Modern
Syd J. Browne (1907-1991)
"Summer Pier Fishing"
22 x 30 inches
Oil on canvas. c. 1930s
Signed lower r...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Aspen Light" Oil Painting
By Gordon Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's (US based) "Aspen Light" is an oil painting that depicts dense cluster of aspens turning with colorful yellow leaves whose thick canopy blo...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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